[meteorite-list] Probable new fall on Lake Erie

From: Guenther <abe.guenther_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:54:34 -0700
Message-ID: <009901ce1daf$f2414850$d6c3d8f0$_at_guenther@mnsi.net>

Hi Marc,

Do you have more specific coordinates? The Great Lakes cover thousands of
square miles.

Abe Guenther

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Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 10:04 AM
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Probable new fall on Lake Erie

Howdy ladies and gents

        A prominent fireball was seen across the Great Lakes area last
night, to include a smoke trail and large detonation. We have located the
event site in radar, seismometer, and eyewitness accounts, and radar
indicates a strong possibility that meteorites may be found from this event.
Most of the strewn field lies on Lake Erie itself, but the lake might be
frozen at the fall site. This means two things - although it might be
difficult to reach the site, any meteorites should be relatively easy to
find. Second, meteorites on a frozen lake should have reduced terrestrial
contamination, much like Tagish Lake. This would make the meteorites
especially valuable to both scientists and collectors. If you find
meteorites from this event, please be especially careful in handling them.
We recommend using clean aluminum foil to pick them up, and wrapping them in
at least one layer of foil. Then place them in either a ziplock bag or a
clean glass jar (glass is preferred because it doesn'
 t off-gas chemicals).

        Good luck!

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Cheers,
Marc Fries, Rob Matson, Jake Schaefer, Jeff Fries Galatctic Analytics LLC
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